✯ zines
✯ ceramics
✯ photography
✯ radio
✯ more things!!!
Radio
From 2022-2024, I spent the remaining year of my undergrad at SJSU as a DJ for 90.5 KSJS. Sometime between those years, I found myself leading the subversive rock department.
All of my shows are recorded on spinitron. For those who are suuuuper nosey (like me), here is the link to the playlists of every live show i’ve hosted under 90.5 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area.
To earn my spot in the station, I hosted my first screenprinting workshop towards the end of Spring 2022. I illustrated the designs, had my peers vote, and demo’d the process with the winning designs before allowing participants to give it a shot themselves.
Some of them have never done anything like it before, and turns out... I really liked doing them and sharing this new skill (I was taking an intro screenprinting course). So, I hosted more printing events over the next semesters, in addtion to a few in collage and zine making.
These collages in particular (down below) were made to rally for “Radio” to be kept in the renaming of the RTVF (Radio, Tevelsion, Video and Film) Department at SJSU as they combined the major with the dance program. The “R” in RTVF was one of the biggest signifiers of the existence of our student-run non-profit 60-something year old radio stationand it was under threat! These flyers were duplicated and posted around campus. Unfortunately, SJSU still decided to proceed forward, and renamed the Department of Radio, Television, Video and Film to the Department of Film, Theater and Dance.
Growing up in the South Bay, I noticed a lack of DIY spaces in SJ for all ages to enjoy live music. With the help of my friend+assistant, Allyssa Demarchena, we teamed up with our community to throw a few shows to spotlight the local scene. KSJS’s subversive rock department hosted shows at Limo and After Hours (R.I.P. to both). These shows were a great opportunity for us to pass out some zines we had made to push our existence out there, so we tabled at each event! All money KSJS made from these shows were evenly split and given to each band that played.
In addition to the two shows we did in SJ, we also collaborated with KSFS (San Francisco State) and KDVS (UC Davis) for a Battle of the College Radios! Allyssa and I tabled with prints, patches, and printed clothing that we made with our peers from one of the print workshops we held.
After two years off doing my sub-rock show, I decided to do an overnight electronic feature after a long period of curiosity for exploring outside my preferred on-air genre+yearning to do a time slot I had always wanted to do but never had the time nor energy for.
My last live broadcasted show with KSJS was called ‘poseur: wrapped up’. Playing artists from Sky Ferreira to Japanese Breakfast, I showcased how much my taste evolved since my passion in music began. Within my final broadcast I honored the veterans that came from the Rookie Mag 8tracks playlists that I obsessedly blasted on repeat in middle school (Frankie Cosmos, the Front Bottoms, Starry Cat, Tigers Jaw), danced to my personal throwback hits from high school (5 Seconds of Summer, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Small Crush) and celebrated the best years of my college experience with some of my absolute favorites (Chairlift, ESG, baby guts). But I mean, you can check the whole order of operations yourself. I was graduating college! The nosalgia of it all hit me hard...
Truth be told, I don’t know for certain if I am done with radio at all. I will never stop listening to music...that I know for sure. But if KSJS was the only chance I had, I feel so incredibly lucky and grateful to have stumbled upon them in the first place.
Wait! I also did a few extra things while I was here....
Interviews:
Respect Radio Series: Let Our Voices Be Heard
Show Reviews:
Mitski
Lorde